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Spencer Ackerman's New York State of Mind: Peace, Populism, and Zohran Mamdani | Ep. 250
Episode 251
Award-winning journalist, author, and lifelong New Yorker Spencer Ackerman joins the show to talk about the world from a New York point of view: The …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Run For Your Life: A Nostalgia Trap Podcast Crossover | Ep. 249
Episode 250
Van joined David Parsons of The Nostalgia Trap--literally Van’s favorite pod--in a delicious freak out about ICE arresting local college professors, …
6 months ago
The Art of Memoir and Stories of Conversion: A Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 248
Episode 249
Free episode cross-over with the Bang-Bang Podcast. The question of “Which side are you on?” haunted me (Van Jackson) intermittently throughout the l…
6 months ago
Project 2029 Farce | The Zohran Mamdani Model | Peter Thiel, Anti-Christ? | Fascist Public Policy | Nobody Likes Hegemony | Ukraine-China Missiles | Ep. 247
Episode 248
Ross Douthat confronts Peter Thiel with the possibility that he is the anti-Christ. Zohran Mamdani shows a model for politics that the media fears. T…
6 months, 1 week ago
Andor Season 2 Finale + Rogue One w/ Matt Duss and Paul Adlerstein | Bang-Bang Podcast Crossover | Ep. 246
Episode 247
Free cross-over episode with the Bang-Bang Podcast. In this finale to our Andor series, Van and Lyle are joined by returning guest Paul Adlerstein an…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tucker Carlson Ruins Ted Cruz | No War with Iran | “No Kings” Protests | Democrats Need a Peace Agenda | Ep. 245
Episode 246
Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss confronting all things fascism at home and war with Iran abroad: Tucker Carlson roasting Ted Cruz over Isr…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
War on California, United Farm Workers, and Leaving the “Lockheed Left” w/ Antonio De Loera | Ep. 244
Episode 245
The Trump administration's troop deployments to California are in defense of surging ICE raids against farm workers and immigrant communities across …
7 months ago
Abolish Palantir | Ukraine Drones | White Supremacy State Department | South Korea's Bernie Sanders | Ep. 243
Episode 244
Inside Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb—a tactically brilliant drone operation against Russian bombers...but does it change anything? Why Palantir is a …
7 months, 1 week ago
Live! The Pacific Sovereignty Deficit and Sino-US Rivalry | Ep. 242
Episode 243
Dr. Van Jackson was invited to speak at the first Security of Micronesia Group, hosted by the Pacific Center for Island Security in Guam.
I debuted a …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Andor Season 1 Finale with David Austin Walsh | Bang-Bang Cross-Over | Ep. 241
Episode 242
Free full-episode cross-over with the Bang-Bang Podcast. Van (minus Lyle) is joined by historian David Austin Walsh to explore episodes 10-12 of Ando…
7 months, 3 weeks ago